Thunderbird:Current QA TestDay
Welcome to the Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 Community Test Day!
We need your help in order to have a successful Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 release!
The official time for the test day is Friday June 8h, 2007, from 7am - 5pm PST, but you can try out Litmus any time!
Thanks for helping us and being a part of the Mozilla QA Community!
FAQ
Where do I start?
- Use your favorite IRC client:
- Connect to irc.mozilla.org
- In most clients, this is done by typing /server irc.mozilla.org and hitting Enter.
- Join the #testday channel
- In most clients, typing /join #testday will get you into the channel.
Ok, I am in the channel, now what?
- Let the moderators know if you have any questions or encounter any problems.
- If you are not familiar with our Bugzilla bug tracking system, feel free to report your problems to a moderator and they can log any bugs for you.
- Get to know others in the channel and have fun!
What build/release should I test?
Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 Release Candidate Builds:
Release candidate builds will be available for all locales before the test day at:
What needs to be tested?
For a complete list of the bugs fixed in Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 see:
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/rumblingedge/archives/2007/06/tb_2-0-0-4.html.
The easiest thing to do...
- Use it to access your e-mail for the day. Send/receive, etc.
- Mac OS X testers: test around Bug 365755
- For locales that don't ship a dictionary by default test around the experience for a new profile for Bug 367533. We really need extra l10n testing help here!
- Test around moving & copying messages between local folders in order to verify Bug 368112.
- Test around message filters especially mail filters that filter on HTML in the message body for 378147.
If you want to do more...
- Go to Litmus, our test tracking system.
- Try running a smoketest on any of the builds.
- Try running through any number of Basic Functional Tests (BFTs)
If you discover a bug or regression that you feel is critical, please let us know on the #testday IRC channel ASAP!
Where do I find Litmus?
- Go to Litmus
- log in and then select run tests
- You can do a smoketest or a Basic Functional Test, it is entirely up to you!
- Talk to a moderator if you need help.
- Please make sure to choose the correct platform when you start your run.
Who will be moderating the #testday channel?
The moderators' nicks are:
- mscott
- bienvenu
- tomcat
- marcia
How do I file bugs?
First of all, let one of the moderators know so they can check if it is already a known problem. Then they can guide you to either provide more details, update an existing bug or file a new bug. If filing a new bug, please do a quick check to see if the bug already exists. This can easily be done by searching for the error message, window name, or some over identifing feature of the bug.
How do I send feedback?
Please use the [1] to send feedback about how the testday went, any overall thoughts about the latest release, and roll up of issues found and bugs filed. We really appreciate your help today and your feedback is very valuable.
Results
Once the testday is complete, results will be available here:
